Benchmark: .disabled Vs. setAttribute("disabled", true)

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="foo"></div>

Tests:

disabled
const element = document.getElementById("foo"); let i = 1000; while (i--) { element.disabled = true; }
setAttribute
const element = document.getElementById("foo"); let i = 1000; while (i--) { element.setAttribute("disabled", "disabled"); }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
disabled
setAttribute

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 122 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
disabled	1894999.0 Ops/sec
setAttribute	18016.4 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and test cases.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition is a JSON object that represents a microbenchmark to be executed on the website MeasureThat.net. The definition consists of:

1. **Name**: A unique name for the benchmark, which in this case is `.disabled Vs. setAttribute("disabled", true)`.
2. **Description**: An empty string, indicating that no detailed description is provided.
3. **Script Preparation Code**: An empty string, meaning that no custom script needs to be executed before running the benchmark.
4. **Html Preparation Code**: A simple HTML snippet that creates a `<div>` element with an ID of "foo".

**Individual Test Cases**

There are two test cases defined in this benchmark:

1. **disabled**: This test case uses the `disabled` property directly on the `element` object, without setting it to `"disabled"`. The script is:
```javascript
const element = document.getElementById("foo");
let i = 1000;
while (i--) {
    element.disabled = true;
}
```
2. **setAttribute**: This test case uses the `setAttribute()` method to set the `disabled` attribute on the `element` object, passing `"disabled"` as the value. The script is:
```javascript
const element = document.getElementById("foo");
let i = 1000;
while (i--) {
    element.setAttribute("disabled", "disabled");
}
```
**Options Compared**

The two test cases compare two different approaches to disable an HTML element:

1. **Using the `disabled` property**: This method sets the `disabled` property directly on the element object, which is a built-in property in JavaScript.
2. **Using `setAttribute()` with `"disabled"` as the value**: This method uses the `setAttribute()` method to set the `disabled` attribute on the element, specifying the value as `"disabled"`. This approach allows for more flexibility and customization.

**Pros and Cons**

Here's a brief summary of the pros and cons of each approach:

1. **Using the `disabled` property**:
	* Pros: Simple, concise, and built-in to JavaScript.
	* Cons: May not be compatible with all browsers or versions, especially older ones.
2. **Using `setAttribute()` with `"disabled"` as the value**:
	* Pros: More flexible and customizable, works across most browsers and versions.
	* Cons: Requires an extra method call, which may incur additional overhead.

**Library**

There is no explicit library mentioned in the benchmark definition. However, it's worth noting that the `setAttribute()` method uses the DOM (Document Object Model) API, which is a standard for interacting with HTML documents.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

None are explicitly mentioned in this benchmark. If there were any special JavaScript features or syntax used, they would likely be related to the specific browser or implementation being tested.

**Other Alternatives**

If you wanted to test alternative approaches to disabling an element, some possible alternatives could include:

* Using `style` attribute: `element.style.disabled = true`
* Using a custom property: `element.customProperty = "disabled"`
* Using a separate utility function: `disableElement(element)`

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have their own trade-offs and limitations.

I hope this explanation helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

Related benchmarks:

.disabled Vs. setAttribute("disabled", true) (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: disabled vs setAttribute

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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disabled

setAttribute

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):